Electro-galvanic belt



(No Model.) I

G. E. PALMER.

BLEGTRO GALVANIG BELT.

N0. 279,881. U Patented June 19,1883.

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6 4 Inventor: 6 A a i George .Idlinei',

UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE;

GEORGE E. PALMER, OF BOSTON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN LOMBARD, OFOAMBRIDGEPORT, MASSACHUSETTS.

ELECTRO-GALVANIC BELT.

SPECIFICATION forming; part of Letters Patent No. 279,881, dated June19, 1883.

Application filed May 12, 1883. No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. PALMER, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Electro-Galvanic Belts, of which the following, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to electro-galvanic belts to be worn upon theperson; and it consists in a novel construction, arrangement, and modeof applying a series of batteries, which will be readily understood byreference to the description of the drawings and to the claim to bhereinafter given.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of myimproved belt. Fig.2 is an elevation of the leather belt detached from the clothcoveringand showing the manner of attaching the series of batteries andconnecting them together; and Fig. 8 is a transverse section through thecomplete belt, the cuttingplane being through two of the batteries,drawn to an enlarged scale.

A is a leather band; B, a covering of fiannel or other textile fabric;or, if desired, it may be of chainoisskin, the band A and covering Bbeing connected or attached together by lines of stitching, a, whichalso secures thereto the binding 0.

To one end of the belt is secured the buckles b b, and to the oppositeend are secured the straps c 0, by means of which the belt is securedaround the body of the wearer in a wellknown manner.

To the leather band A is secured a' series of small batteries, D, eachcomposed of a 0011- cavo-convex disk, d, and an annular concavo-(ZOIIYGX plate or ring, 6, arranged to overlap and the covering 13,connecting alternately" witha copper ring and then a zinc ringthroughout the whole series. the disks d and rings 6 are so rounded asto The outer surfaces of present no sharp corners to cut or chafe theperson, and they are so separated as to permit the belt to freely andreadily conform to the person of the wearer, and adapt itself to changesof position; and they project so little from the surface of the beltthat they will not materially inconvenience the wearer.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is-

In an electrogalvanic belt, the combination of a series of disks, (7, aseries of rings, a, having their edges turned over the disks andpresenting smooth surfaces arranged relative to each other, as setforth, and the wire f, con-- necting all of said rings in a circuit,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed-my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 9th day of May, A. D.1883.

GEORGE E. PALMER. Witnesses:

E. A. HEMMENWAY, WALTER E. LOMBARD.

